Ex-Maniac
Reviews
Red West
Reviewed 2011-06-21
Reviewed 2011-06-21
Well done rock & indie pop without much pretense or swagger, mostly easygoing, midtempo, happy sounding despite the downer track names & themes. Guitar bass drums, some piano and synth. FCC clean.
+1.Midtempo rock. Worried LA dad song
+2. Happy drug song, even if the lyrics are anti-drug
3. Happy life affirming alt-rock.
4.Too whiney, not so good 80s excess
+5. Mid-slow singer-songwriter alt-country, lazy campfire lament. “Please don’t take my dreams”
6.midtempo love song. Competent but it doesn’t grab me. “If you were to die tomorrow I’d love you for the rest of my life.”
+7.Fun indie rock, mid-tempo. “I’m untouchable… but you can touch me”
8.Love song, self depreciating but happy with you
+9.Dreamy 80’s sound. Piano and no guitar so it’s not rock, more like U2 :-p
10.starts bird sounds, gentle synth, then guitars. Simple mid-slow (with tambourine keeping the beat) filler song
+11.Semi-tropical sound. No it’s not about sex, it’s a theatrical imagined death scene, with mariachi horns, to drag out a relationship.
+1.Midtempo rock. Worried LA dad song
+2. Happy drug song, even if the lyrics are anti-drug
3. Happy life affirming alt-rock.
4.Too whiney, not so good 80s excess
+5. Mid-slow singer-songwriter alt-country, lazy campfire lament. “Please don’t take my dreams”
6.midtempo love song. Competent but it doesn’t grab me. “If you were to die tomorrow I’d love you for the rest of my life.”
+7.Fun indie rock, mid-tempo. “I’m untouchable… but you can touch me”
8.Love song, self depreciating but happy with you
+9.Dreamy 80’s sound. Piano and no guitar so it’s not rock, more like U2 :-p
10.starts bird sounds, gentle synth, then guitars. Simple mid-slow (with tambourine keeping the beat) filler song
+11.Semi-tropical sound. No it’s not about sex, it’s a theatrical imagined death scene, with mariachi horns, to drag out a relationship.
Recent airplay
Drug Time
Brownian Motion — Sep 11, 2019
Drug Time
Brownian Motion — Jun 27, 2018
Drug Time
Brownian Motion — Nov 25, 2015
Drug Time
Brownian Motion — Sep 03, 2014
Failed Suicide Club
Time Traveler — Feb 01, 2013
Failed Suicide Club
Time Traveler — Aug 17, 2012
Charting
2011-06-26 — 2011-08-28
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Aug 28 | 1 |
| Aug 21 | 3 |
| Aug 14 | 2 |
| Aug 7 | 3 |
| Jul 31 | 1 |
| Jul 24 | 3 |
| Jul 17 | 1 |
| Jul 10 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Like Them | ||
| 2. | Drug Time | ||
| 3. | Failed Suicide Club | ||
| 4. | Unloveable | ||
| 5. | Send Me Back My Dreams | ||
| 6. | For The Rest Of Our Lives | ||
| 7. | Bastard | ||
| 8. | Roadside Girl | ||
| 9. | Black Flowers | ||
| 10. | Not Good Enough | ||
| 11. | On The Backseat Of Your Car |